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304 trails, 2,535 km (1,575 miles) of mapped rail-trail.

TrailSurfaceStatuskmmiles
Erie Canalway Trail - 1 Buffalo to Fairgrounds (Canal towpath) Paved unverified 237 147
ECT - Erie Canalway Trail - 3 DeWitt to Green Island (Canal towpath) Paved unverified 221 137
Genesee Valley Greenway Crushed stone unverified 98.9 61.4
D&H Rail Trail · also PA Dirt unverified 63.5 39.5
Adirondack Branch Dirt unverified 54.3 33.7
Adirondack Rail Trail Paved unverified 53.6 33.3
Lehigh Valley Trail Gravel unverified 42.7 26.6
Albany-Hudson Electric Trail - cycling - EST - Clinton to Hudson Paved unverified 42.0 26.1
Harlem Valley Rail Trail Paved unverified 41.5 25.8
Catskill Scenic Trail Dirt unverified 41.4 25.7
Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Crushed stone unverified 41.4 25.7
Delaware & Hudson Rail Trail · also VT Dirt unverified 39.7 24.7
Oswego Recreational Trail Gravel unverified 39.4 24.5
Sissy Danforth Rivergate Trail Surface unknown unverified 38.9 24.2
Maybrook Trailway - cycling - Putnam Trailway to Hopewell Junction - EST Paved unverified 38.5 23.9
North County Trailway · also CA, MD, MI, PA, TX Paved unverified 37.2 23.1
The O&W Rail Trail (Ulster) Dirt unverified 34.2 21.3
Ontario Pathways Rail Trail Cycling Surface unknown unverified 33.9 21.1
Groveland Secondary Trail Gravel unverified 32.9 20.4
Chautauqua Rails to Trails Dirt unverified 32.4 20.1
Rutland Trail Surface unknown unverified 32.3 20.0
Orange Heritage Trail Paved unverified 30.1 18.7
Auburn Trail Crushed stone unverified 28.5 17.7
Genesee Riverway Trail Paved unverified 27.1 16.9
West Shore Trail · also CA Paved unverified 24.4 15.2
West Shore Railroad Paved unverified 23.8 14.8
South County Trailway Paved unverified 23.2 14.4
Dutchess County Rail Trail - cycling - EST Paved unverified 21.3 13.3
Corridor 7 Dirt unverified 21.1 13.1
Peanut Line Trail Dirt unverified 20.7 12.8
Cato-Fairhaven Trail Surface unknown unverified 20.5 12.7
Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Rail Trail Paved unverified 19.6 12.2
Pat McGee Trail Dirt unverified 19.3 12.0
Ashokan Rail Trail Crushed stone unverified 18.4 11.4
Catharine Valley Trail (Greenway) Dirt unverified 18.4 11.4
Putnam County Trailway - cycling Paved unverified 18.4 11.4
Zim Smith Trail Paved unverified 18.3 11.4
North Shore Rail Trail Paved unverified 16.7 10.4
Bog Trail Dirt unverified 15.6 9.7
Waterfront Trail · also ME, MI, WA, WI Paved unverified 15.3 9.5
Wellsville, Addison, and Galeton Rail Trail Surface unknown unverified 15.1 9.4
Ontario Branch Surface unknown unverified 14.9 9.2
Glenfield and Western Railroad Surface unknown unverified 14.8 9.2
Forestport Feeder Canal Towpath (Canal towpath) Crushed stone unverified 14.5 9.0
Albany County Helderberg Hudson Rail Trail Paved unverified 14.5 9.0
Lackawanna Rail Trail Paved unverified 13.5 8.4
Black Diamond Trail Crushed stone unverified 13.4 8.3
Old Railroad Trail · also NH Dirt unverified 13.1 8.2
Old Champlain Canal Trail (Canal towpath) Gravel unverified 12.9 8.0
Mamakating O&W Rail Trail Dirt unverified 11.9 7.4
Hudson Valley Rail Trail [EST] [cycling] Paved unverified 11.3 7.0
High Falls Trail Surface unknown unverified 11.3 7.0
Hurleyville O&W Rail Trail Paved unverified 11.2 7.0
Link Trail Surface unknown unverified 11.1 6.9
Ellicott Creek Trailway Paved unverified 10.8 6.7
Keuka Lake Outlet Trail Surface unknown unverified 10.7 6.6
Lehigh Valley Rail-Trail Dirt unverified 10.5 6.5
Dryden Rail Trail Gravel unverified 9.5 5.9
Cayuga Waterfront Trail Paved unverified 9.3 5.8
Corry Junction Rail Trail · also PA Surface unknown unverified 9.3 5.8
Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail (bike) Paved unverified 9.0 5.6
Champlain Canalway Trail Paved unverified 8.7 5.4
Feeder Canal Heritage Trail Dirt unverified 8.5 5.3
Little Falls and Dolgeville Railroad Surface unknown unverified 8.2 5.1
Cayuga-Seneca Canalway Trail (Canal towpath) Dirt unverified 8.0 5.0
Webster Hojack Trail Cycling Paved unverified 8.0 4.9
Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail Paved unverified 7.8 4.9
Jim Schug Trail Crushed stone unverified 7.6 4.7
Rochester, Syracuse and Eastern Trolley Trail (Trolley trail) Gravel unverified 7.6 4.7
Pinckney Trail Dirt unverified 7.3 4.5
Black River Trail Paved unverified 7.2 4.5
Town of Newstead Bike Path Paved unverified 7.1 4.4
Maybrook Trailway (Putnam Trailway - CT Border) · also CT Paved unverified 7.0 4.4
Tomannex Public Forest Access Road Dirt unverified 6.9 4.3
LI Motor Parkway Trail Paved unverified 6.7 4.1
Shawangunk Ridge Trail Surface unknown unverified 6.6 4.1
Warren County Bikeway (former D&H Lake George Branch) Paved unverified 6.6 4.1
Ogdensburg Branch Surface unknown unverified 6.5 4.1
Lancaster Heritage Trail Surface unknown unverified 6.5 4.0
Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad Surface unknown unverified 6.5 4.0
Vestal Rail Trail Paved unverified 6.3 3.9
Irondequoit Lakeside Trail Paved unverified 6.3 3.9
Climb Blue MB Trail Dirt unverified 6.1 3.8
Joseph B Clarke Rail Trail Paved unverified 6.1 3.8
Erie Canal Towpath Community Connector Trail (Canal towpath) Crushed stone unverified 6.0 3.7
Clarence Akron Pathway Paved unverified 5.8 3.6
Aldrich Pond Wilderness Trail Surface unknown unverified 5.6 3.5
Finger Lakes / North Country Trail Gravel unverified 5.5 3.4
Ballston Bicycle Path Surface unknown unverified 5.4 3.4
Pendleton Rail Trail Paved unverified 5.4 3.3
Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Upper O&W Rail Trail Dirt unverified 5.3 3.3
Portage Trail Surface unknown unverified 5.3 3.3
Brandy Brook Flow Trail Dirt unverified 5.3 3.3
Lake Placid Branch Dirt unverified 5.3 3.3
River-to-Ridge Trail Crushed stone unverified 5.2 3.2
Woodridge O&W Rail Trail Gravel unverified 5.2 3.2
D and H Road Dirt unverified 5.1 3.2
Genesee Valley Conservancy Trail Surface unknown unverified 5.1 3.2
Cazenovia South Trail Dirt unverified 5.0 3.1
Bivouac Section Dirt unverified 5.0 3.1
South Hill Recreation Way Gravel unverified 5.0 3.1
Orange Heritage Trail Extension Dirt unverified 5.0 3.1
Uncle Sam Bikeway Paved unverified 4.9 3.1
Chenango Branch Surface unknown unverified 4.9 3.0
Oval Wood Dish Corporation Railroad Surface unknown unverified 4.9 3.0
Dann Road Dirt unverified 4.6 2.9
Niagara Scenic Parkway Trail Paved unverified 4.6 2.9
South Branch Trail Dirt unverified 4.6 2.9
Barclay Kasog Trail Gravel unverified 4.6 2.9
Dead Creek Flow Trail Dirt unverified 4.6 2.8
Lake Ontario State Parkway Trail (Greenway) Paved unverified 4.4 2.7
Old Erie Path Rail-Trail Dirt unverified 4.2 2.6
Odessa-Hector Rail Trail Surface unknown unverified 4.2 2.6
Ontario Pathways Rail Trail Dirt unverified 4.0 2.5
Dog Pond Loop Trail Dirt unverified 4.0 2.5
Webster Hojack Trail Crushed stone unverified 4.0 2.5
Ellicott Trail Paved unverified 3.9 2.4
O&W shared-use greenway trail (under development) Surface unknown unverified 3.8 2.4
Gorge Trail (CPF) Gravel unverified 3.7 2.3
Sodus Point to Wallington Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.6 2.3
Conservation Trail (FLT) Surface unknown unverified 3.6 2.2
Rochester Branch Surface unknown unverified 3.5 2.2
Black Rapids Branch Surface unknown unverified 3.4 2.1
Letchworth Finger Lakes Trail Dirt unverified 3.4 2.1
Thunder_Barclay_Kasog Park Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.3 2.1
Windsor Breach Trail Dirt unverified 3.3 2.0
El Camino Trail Paved unverified 3.3 2.0
Carroll Area Nature Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.3 2.0
Bog Meadow Brook Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.1 1.9
Old Rail Road Bed Dirt unverified 3.1 1.9
Oneida Rail Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.1 1.9
Tarrytown Lakes Extension Trail Crushed stone unverified 3.1 1.9
Loop the Lake Trail Paved unverified 3.0 1.9
Allegheny River Valley Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.0 1.9
O&W Rail Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.0 1.9
Patterson Trail Surface unknown unverified 3.0 1.8
Eddy Road Dirt unverified 3.0 1.8
Hilton Hojack Trail Surface unknown unverified 2.9 1.8
Huckleberry Rail Trail Dirt unverified 2.9 1.8
Auburn-Syracuse Trolley (Trolley trail) Dirt unverified 2.9 1.8
Ridgeway Trail Surface unknown unverified 2.8 1.8
Big Flats Trail Gravel unverified 2.8 1.7
Hoosic River Greenway Surface unknown unverified 2.7 1.7
Cheektowaga Bikepath Paved unverified 2.6 1.6
O&W Connector Dirt unverified 2.6 1.6
Corkscrew Rail Trail Surface unknown unverified 2.6 1.6
ALCO Heritage Trail Paved unverified 2.6 1.6
Rochester Running Track Trail Dirt unverified 2.6 1.6
Sullivan O&W Rail Trail Dirt unverified 2.5 1.5
Page Road Surface unknown unverified 2.4 1.5
Warren County Bikeway Surface unknown unverified 2.4 1.5
Auburn-Fleming Trail Surface unknown unverified 2.4 1.5
Genesee Valley Greenway - Nunda Branch Surface unknown unverified 2.4 1.5
Shoreline Trail Paved unverified 2.4 1.5
Ausable Branch Dirt unverified 2.4 1.5
B&H Rail Corporation Dirt unverified 2.3 1.5
Kaaterskill Rail Trail Crushed stone unverified 2.3 1.4
Sonoma Falls Road Surface unknown unverified 2.3 1.4
Town of Edwards Nature Trail Surface unknown unverified 2.3 1.4
Hudson River Brickyard Trail [EST] [cycling] Paved unverified 2.3 1.4
Tall Spruce Trail Dirt unverified 2.2 1.4
Buck Pond Campsite Road Dirt unverified 2.1 1.3
Erie Attica Trail Paved unverified 2.1 1.3
Delaware Avenue Trail Paved unverified 2.1 1.3
Philip A. Rayhill Memorial Recreational Trail Paved unverified 2.1 1.3
Gorge Trail Surface unknown unverified 2.1 1.3
Parksville O&W Rail Trail Dirt unverified 2.0 1.2
Wetland Trail Surface unknown unverified 2.0 1.2
Gateway Trail Gravel unverified 2.0 1.2
Devils Hole Trail (#6) Dirt unverified 1.9 1.2
Central Branch Surface unknown unverified 1.9 1.2
Finger Lakes/North Country/GVG Surface unknown unverified 1.9 1.2
Highland Crossing Trail Paved unverified 1.9 1.2
Whirlpool Rapids Trail (#5) Dirt unverified 1.9 1.2
Akron Bike Path (Peanut Line) Surface unknown unverified 1.9 1.2
Salisbury & Dolgeville Greenway Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.9 1.2
Painted Post Trail biking Paved unverified 1.9 1.2
Black Snake Mountain Trail Dirt unverified 1.9 1.2
East Ithaca Recreation Way Paved unverified 1.8 1.1
Glenville Bike-Hike Trail Paved unverified 1.8 1.1
Kingston Point Rail Trail Paved unverified 1.8 1.1
LaSalle Recreation Trail Paved unverified 1.8 1.1
Maple City Trail Paved unverified 1.8 1.1
Railroad Run Paved unverified 1.7 1.1
Ottawa Branch Surface unknown unverified 1.7 1.1
Moody Hiking Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.7 1.1
Raymond G. Esposito Trail Crushed stone unverified 1.7 1.1
Rivergate Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.7 1.0
Junction Pass Crushed stone unverified 1.6 1.0
B and S Road Dirt unverified 1.6 1.0
Pit Drive Surface unknown unverified 1.6 1.0
Troy & Boston RR (Troy & Rutland) Surface unknown unverified 1.6 1.0
Wurtsboro Ridge State Forest Lower O&W Rail Trail Dirt unverified 1.6 1.0
Samuel L. Fisher Environmental Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.6 1.0
Artpark Gorge Trail (#7) Dirt unverified 1.5 1.0
Warren County Bikeway Warren County Bikeway (former D&H Lake George Branch) Paved unverified 1.5 0.9
Empire State Trail Paved unverified 1.5 0.9
Kirkland Trail Crushed stone unverified 1.5 0.9
Bunny Road Surface unknown unverified 1.4 0.9
Greenhurst Drive Surface unknown unverified 1.4 0.9
Stillwater Multi-Use Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.4 0.9
Surrender March Trail Crushed stone unverified 1.4 0.9
Mountaindale O&W Rail Trail Gravel unverified 1.4 0.9
Spring Run Trail Paved unverified 1.4 0.9
East Hill Recreation Way Paved unverified 1.4 0.9
Belleayre Beach Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.3 0.8
Elmira and Cortland branch Surface unknown unverified 1.3 0.8
Stoney Brook Surface unknown unverified 1.3 0.8
Trolley Trail / Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway (Trolley trail) Surface unknown unverified 1.3 0.8
Andes Rail Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.2 0.8
Charlie Major Nature Trail Surface unknown unverified 1.2 0.8
Ensenore Road Surface unknown unverified 1.2 0.8
Pew Trail Paved unverified 1.2 0.8
Fred J. Cusimano Westside Overland Trail Dirt unverified 1.2 0.7
Menands Bike and Pedestrian Connector Broadway to Mohawk Hudson Bike Trail Paved unverified 1.2 0.7
Devil's Path Dirt unverified 1.1 0.7
Whirlpool Rapids Railway Trail (#4) Surface unknown unverified 1.1 0.7
Prayer Road Dirt unverified 1.1 0.7
Northport Rail Trail Dirt unverified 1.1 0.7
O&W Pedestrian Promenade and Bikeway Paved unverified 1.1 0.7
Railroad Road Surface unknown unverified 1.1 0.7
Liberty O&W Rail Trail Dirt unverified 1.0 0.6
Peanut Trail Crushed stone unverified 1.0 0.6
South Hill Recreation Way Extension Surface unknown unverified 1.0 0.6
Old Champlain Canal Towpath Trail Paved unverified 1.0 0.6
High Line Paved unverified 1.0 0.6
Niagara River Recreation Trail Paved unverified 1.0 0.6
Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail Paved unverified 0.9 0.6
Peebles Island Trail Paved unverified 0.9 0.6
Lalone Road Surface unknown unverified 0.9 0.6
Silver Lake Trail Surface unknown unverified 0.9 0.6
Moonbeam O&W Railroad Bed East Trail Dirt unverified 0.9 0.5
Trolly Line Connector Trail Paved unverified 0.9 0.5
Greis Park Trail Paved unverified 0.8 0.5
Partridge Island Walking Trail Crushed stone unverified 0.8 0.5
Salamanca Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.8 0.5
Lehigh Memory Trail Surface unknown unverified 0.8 0.5
Floral Ave Multiuse Trail Paved unverified 0.8 0.5
Rail Road Road Surface unknown unverified 0.8 0.5
Jack Harrington Greenway Surface unknown unverified 0.8 0.5
Former International Branch Foot Path Gravel unverified 0.8 0.5
Middletown and Goshen Trolley (Trolley trail) Surface unknown unverified 0.7 0.5
Corning Bike Path Surface unknown unverified 0.7 0.4
Jim Tedisco Fitness Trail Gravel unverified 0.7 0.4
River's Edge Trail (#8) Dirt unverified 0.7 0.4
Elvee Trail Crushed stone unverified 0.6 0.4
Grassland Trail Paved unverified 0.6 0.4
Lakeland Trail Dirt unverified 0.6 0.4
Seneca Trail Dirt unverified 0.6 0.4
Catskill Mountain Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.6 0.4
Chautauqua Ralph C. Sheldon Jr. Trail Surface unknown unverified 0.6 0.4
Owl Loop Trail Surface unknown unverified 0.6 0.4
Southfields Branch Railway Dirt unverified 0.6 0.4
Long Island Greenbelt Trail Dirt unverified 0.6 0.3
Potsdam and Hannawa Railroad Surface unknown unverified 0.6 0.3
Robert V. Riddle State Park Tree Identification Trail Dirt unverified 0.6 0.3
LaChute River Trail Paved unverified 0.5 0.3
Mill Street Dirt unverified 0.5 0.3
Bethpage Bikeway / Nassau Suffolk Greenbelt Trail Paved unverified 0.5 0.3
Tobie Trail Surface unknown unverified 0.5 0.3
Moonbeam O&W Railroad Bed WestTrail Dirt unverified 0.5 0.3
Delaware and Hudson Road Surface unknown unverified 0.5 0.3
Bombay and Moira Railway Surface unknown unverified 0.4 0.3
Feeder Canal Heritage Trail (former D&H Pruyn's Island Spur) Gravel unverified 0.4 0.3
Wetlands Owl Loop Cut Surface unknown unverified 0.4 0.3
Mill Street Trail Paved unverified 0.4 0.2
Dayle Road Surface unknown unverified 0.4 0.2
South Quarry Road Dirt unverified 0.4 0.2
Warren County Bikeway (former D&H Glens Falls/ Lake George Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.4 0.2
Black Bridge Trail Paved unverified 0.3 0.2
Little Ausable River Trail Paved unverified 0.3 0.2
Rome Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.3 0.2
Warren Jamestown Boulevard Paved unverified 0.3 0.2
County Road 42 Paved unverified 0.3 0.2
Marion Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.3 0.2
Snowmobile Connector Surface unknown unverified 0.3 0.2
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Surface unknown unverified 0.3 0.2
Wheel Wash Extension Dirt unverified 0.3 0.2
Geneva, Seneca Falls and Auburn Trolley (Trolley trail) Surface unknown unverified 0.2 0.1
Snowsnake Run Surface unknown unverified 0.2 0.1
Glen Haven Railroad Dirt unverified 0.2 0.1
Future Adirondack Rail Trail Paved unverified 0.2 0.1
Rochester, Corning, & Elmira Traction Company Surface unknown unverified 0.2 0.1
Trolley Trail (Trolley trail) Surface unknown unverified 0.1 0.1
Red Tavern Road Surface unknown unverified 0.1 0.1
International Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.1 0.1
Prospect Mountain Railway Surface unknown unverified 0.1 0.1
5 Mile Road Dirt unverified 0.1 0.1
McCavanaugh Pond Road Dirt unverified 0.1 0.1
North Tioga Street Paved unverified 0.1 0.1
Canal Street (Canal towpath) Paved unverified 0.1 0.0
Access Ramp to Kingston Point Rail Trail Paved unverified 0.1 0.0
Warner Trail Paved unverified 0.1 0.0
Warren County Bikeway (former D&H Glens Falls Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.1 0.0
Trolley Foot Bridge (Trolley trail) Paved unverified 0.0 0.0
Auburn Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.0 0.0
Onondaga Creekwalk Paved unverified 0.0 0.0
Cathedral Glen Trail Surface unknown unverified 0.0 0.0
George Bridge Surface unknown unverified 0.0 0.0
Ithaca Branch Surface unknown unverified 0.0 0.0
Orange Heritage Trailway Paved unverified 0.0 0.0
Rochester and Eastern Rapid Railway Paved unverified 0.0 0.0
Nassau Expressway Bike Trail Surface unknown unverified 0.0 0.0
Adirondack Scenic Railroad Crushed stone unverified 0.0 0.0